Window-cleaner&#39;s anchor.



A. BUCK.

WINDOW CLEANER'S ANCHQR. APPLICATION FILED APR. 23. 1911.

1 246,538. Patented Nov. 13, 1911 4 ll l mmnmmHl H WW 5 MIHHHMH n I J. I

AINSWORTI-I BUCK, OF SUMMIT, NEW JERSEY;

WINDOW-CLEANERS ANCHOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 13, 1917.

Application filed April 23, 1917. Serial No. 163,764.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AINswon'rH BUCK, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Summit, in the county of Union and State of New Jersey,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in \Vinclow-CleanersAnchors, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to window cleaners safety devices, and moreparticularly to the anchorages therefor, which are attached to or builtinto the building at the sides of the window openings.

Objects and advantages of the invention will be set forth in. parthereinafter, and

tion of a device and construction embodying the invention;

2- is a fragmentary elevation of the structure shown in Fig. 1; and

3 is a perspective of the anchor mem her alone.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, illustrating by way of exampleone embodiment of the invention, the wall of a building atthe side of awindow opening is indicated at 1, the wall being shown of blocks ofstone, bricks, or other suitablebuilding material. Into the wall of thebuilding is fitted or built a window frame preferably of metal or othernon-combustible material, the window itself being shown at 3, andrunning in any suitable guideso formed on the window frame.

In accordance with certain features of the invention, the anchoringdevice, to which the safety device worn by the window cleaner isattached while he stands cleaning the window, is not only set betweenthe stones or other blocks of building material, but it is also anchoredor attached directly to the window frame construction.

In the embodied form the anchor device has aface or exterior plate 4,adapted to rest against the wall 1, preferably just at the juncture ofthe window frame 2 with the wall 1. The plate 4 has projecting therefroma head 5, over which head a part of thesafety device worn by the windowcleaner is slipped, in a well-knwn manner. In the general form ofmetallic window frame shown, a vertically disposed rod 7 eX-' tends froma bottom plate 8 to a top plate 9, which plates are'part of the windowstructure, the rod 7 serving to tie the structure together. In theembodied form, the anchor device is designed to engage the rod 7 tofirmly hold the anchor device in position.

In such embodied form, extending backwardly from the plate 4:, andpreferably integral. therewith is the body portion of the anchor,comprising a bar 10, which bar lies in the horizontal joint between twoof the stones or bricks, or other constituent members of the wallstructure 1. The bar 10 extends or merges into an angled portion 11.which is preferably of greater thickness than the bar 10. From theangled portion. 1.1, and as a continuance of the bodyof the anchor, abar 12 extends rearwardly along the side face 15 of the window frame 2.The bar 12 terminates in a book 16, which book takes about the rod 7.

As is best seen. from Fig. 1, in the present preferred form, the windowframe 2 is'set into the wall 1. The window frame has, on its outer face,an inwardly shouldered portion '18, and adjoining thereto a laterallyextending portion 19, and into the vertically extending recess thusformed, the brick, or stone, or the like, of the building wall 1 fits,preferably the entire length of the frame, to form a solid transverseanchorage for the window frame. The body of the anchor in such preferredform, extends across between the stone blocks, brick, or the like, whichfit into the recess 18, 19 of the frame, and the anchor body 1ies flatagainst the inner side 15 of the window frame, bringing the strain onthe anchor direct onto the window frame. In addition the anchor has itsanchorage further strengthened by the engagement of the book 16 with therod 7.

It will be seen that the anchor device is thus firmly and immovably heldin position by reason of its attachment to the window frame, and withoutdepending upon any anchorage in the wall itself. It thereby obviates anydanger of withdrawal through the disintegration or other failure of themortar or other material of which the wall may be built. The anchordevice is positively and immovably engaged with the window structure,and the building of the wall around it absolutely prevents its removal.

In assembling, the anchorage device is positioned well backwardly, orcounterclockwise, from the position shown in Fig. 1, until the nose ofthe hook 16 is slipped between the wall 15 of the window frame and therod 7, the hook thereby interlocking with the rod. T he anchor device isthen, swung around in clockwise direction into the position shown inFig. 1, until the plate 4 is clear of the brick 1. The device is thenbrought to rest upon the brick of the wall 1 which is below it in Figs.1 and 2. It may be surrounded with mortar or other binder, and the nextbrick or block in the wall 1 is laid upon or over the anchor device. Itis then held immovably in position by the construction without anydanger whatsoever of the device pulling out, as it cannot be dislodgedfrom its anchorage on the window frame without swinging it backwardly,and such a movement is impossible as soon as a stone or brick is laid ontop of the anchor. The flat surface of the bar 12 rests against the side15 of the window frame, and the thick angled portion 11 is located atthe corner of the window frame 2 and from this point there is a directtension along the bar 10.

By the present invention a device is secured which is of simple andstrong form, economical of manufacture, which may be rapidly andexpeditiously inserted or assembled; and which has a positive andunbreakable attachment or anchorage to the window frame structureitself, it being immovably held in such anchorage by the wall structurethereabout.

Itwill be understood that the invention possesses other advantagesobvious to those skilled in the art, or which may be learned by practicewith the invention; and it will be further understood that changes may,be made from the precise construction shown and described, withoutdeparting from the principles of the inventionand' without sacrificingits chief advantages.-

Copies of this patent maybe obtained for l Vhat I claim as my inventionand desire to secure by Letters Patent is 2- 1. In a buildingconstruction and in combination a building wall formed with a windowopening, a window frame set in the opening, a window cleaners anchordevice with a head at the window opening, and a body extending into thewall between the constituent members of the wall structure and having alateral arm lying against the rear face of the window frame.

2. A building having a window opening. a window frame therein, awindowcleanersanchor lying inthe joint of the wall, andinterlockingdevices connecting the inner end of the anchor with the side of thewindow frame within the wall.

3. In a building construction and in combination a buildingwallformedwith a window opening, a window frame set in the.

opening, a window cleaners anchor device with a head at the windowopening, and a body extending into the wall between the constituentmembers of the wall structure, and interlocking members on the windowframe and on the anchor.

at. In a building construction and in combination a buildin wall formedwith a win dow opening, a window frame set in the opening, a windowcleaners anchor device with a head at the window opening, and a bodyextending into the wall between the constituent members of the wallstructure and interlocking cooperating members on he anchor and thewindow. frame, respectively, said members engaging and disengaging whenthe anchor is moved withinv the wall space but held permanently engagedwhen the anchor is positioned and, built into the wall.

5. A window 'clcaners anchor formed of a bar adapted tolie in a masonryjoint andformed at its outer end with a head and extended laterally atitsinner portion to lie against the rear face of av window frame; saidlateral extension terminatinginavertioally disposed open hook adapted tointerlock with a complemental member on a window frame.

In testimony'whereof, I have signed. my, name to this specification, inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

AINSWVQR-TI-I BUCK.

Witnesses 7 Joint D. Moreen, LornsAv Lorna.

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